Objective
The network is an open network in which there will be an open exchange of ideas, samples and people relating to heavy scintillating materials for radiation detection.
We propose to add four groups from Central Europe, which will enhance the possibilities of the network.
Each group brings some useful expertise, equipment or competence. - The group from Torun (Poland) is quite expert in the study of luminescence in Cerium compounds and in Cerium-doped compounds, which is one of the main subjects.
This group is, furthermore, well informed about ongoing research in the same field in the US.
- The group in Bucharest (Romania) has useful experience in the production of heavy scintillating materials, a subject in which the present network is rather weak, due to the fact that scintillating materials are usually produced in commercial companies which are reluctant to communicate details on production processes.
- The group in Prague (Czech republic) has long experience with Cerium and Praseodymium doped perovskites, a class of materials which is high on our list of materials to be studied with priority.
- Finally, the group in Riga (Latvia) is from an institute which has a long tradition in the study of scintillating materials.
It will give us access to the significant body of knowledge which exists on this subject in the former Soviet Union.
It has available for this research a delicated pulsed electron accelerator.
Call for proposal
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1050 Bruxelles
Belgium